Moths of North Carolina
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36 NC Records

Hypena eductalis Walker [1859] - No Common Name

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypeninaeP3 Number: 930589.00 MONA Number: 8455.00
Comments: One of 29 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010). Fifteen species have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come from a variety of river and pond shorelines, bogs, and other wetlands, particularly where alders are common
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Alder and River Birch (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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See also Habitat Account for Shoreline Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S3S4
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-08-27
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2018-05-14
Cabarrus Co.
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Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2013-05-10
Mecklenburg Co.
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